Directions For Making Paper Flowers.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1888, 16 April 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)

Directions For Making Paper Flowers.

Materials required : Tissue paper of various sbadea and fine wire for roses ; as many diffirsnt ebadea of red and yellow as you wish. Cat three strips 15 incbea locg for each ros >. Now suppose a line along your strips half an inch from oae side. Make straight cut 3in the paper from the opposite side to this line forming squares of about one and n fourth inches. Turn down the oorners of each equare. Fold the firut square through the centre, and roll the strips wound your forefinger, being careful to have tho folds our. Slip off, pieroa through tbe centre with a large needle, run the wire for the stem through, turn back a little way and twist to fas -en ifc. Wrap the stem, which may be four or fiva inobea in length, with green paper. For hydrangea cut circular pieoea of pale pink paper five and a fourth inches in diameter. Fold across the centre and fold again, making a fan-shape. Now make straight cuts in each of the folds toward ths centre, stopping about one inch from that point ; also three similiar cuts at f qual d : stances between. Round tbe cornsra of each section and open it ; yon will have 16 leaves. Now take each leaf between the thumb and finger and give it just one twist, pst t-nongb to make tbo sides change places. E'gnt or nina of these pieces are required to make one (lower. After they are all made, place them together, pierce through the centre and run the wire through, and wrap a small bit of cotton on one end of the wire, a!ao a pieoa baok of the wire to hold it in place. Snowballs are made in just the same way, using white paper and twica as many of the circular piece?. For pond lilies, oufc circular piece 3as for tha hydrangeas, one of dark gre"n and three ot white. The green forma the back of tha flower and ia left plain. The white leaves 'axe formed into little cups ove* the head of a large hat pin ; for the centre, cut two or three circular pieces of yellow paper about two inches in diameter ; cut towards the centre, making into fringe. Fasten together the eamo as for snowball and hydrangea.

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